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4th International Conference on Mobile Networks and Management

September 23–26, 2012 | Hamburg, Germany

Final program is available here


Sunday, 23 September

14:00 – 18:00 Tutorial

Operating Heterogeneous Wireless Networks with SON (Self-Organizing Networks)

Henning Sanneck and Andreas Lobinger - Nokia Siemens Networks

18:00 On-site Registration Starts

18:30 Reception


Monday, 24 September

9:00 – 12:00 Special Tutorial

Semantic Middleware for Orchestrating Behavior

John Strassner - Huawei Technologies

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:00 Welcome Address and Official Conference Opening

14:00 – 15:00 Keynote 1

HetNets, Big Data, Cloud, SDN...all problems solved and your lunch served, right?

Sven van der Meer - Ericsson

15:00 - 16:30 Session 1: Wireless Networking (1)

Chair: Oliver Blume - Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs

A Price Based Load Balancing Scheme for Multi-Operator Wireless Access Networks

Johnny Choque, Ramon Agüero, Luis Munos - Universidad de Cantabria

Joan Serrat - Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya

On the Equilibrium of Pricing Assignment for Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks

Carmen Lopez, Johnny Choque, Ramon Agüero, Luis Munos - Universidad de Cantabria

Joan Serrat - Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya

Evaluating User-Centric Multihomed Flow Management for Mobile Devices in Simulated Heterogeneous Networks

Li Xi, Yasir Zaki, Umar Toseef - University of Bremen

Oliver Mehani - NICTA

Ramon Agüero - Universidad de Cantabria

16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break

17:00 - 18:30 Session 2: Wireless Networking (2)

Chair: Kostas Pentikousis - Huawei

User-centric Mobility Management Architecture for Vehicular Networks

Rodolfo Meneguette, Luiz. F. Bittencourt, Edmundo R. M. Madeira - Unicamp

Wireless Multi-Access Delivery for SVC-based Video Applications

Rui Costa, Telemaco Melia - Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs

Lucas Eznarriaga, Fabio Giust - Institute IMDEA Networks

Antonio de la Olivia, Carlos J. Bernardos - University Carlos III of Madrid

Uplink QoS Aware Multi-homing in Integrated 3GPP and non-3GPP Future Networks

Umar Toseef, Andreas Timm-Giel - Hamburg Harburg University of Technology

Yasir Zaki, Carmelita Görg - University of Bremen


Tuesday, 25 September

9:00 - 10:30 Session 3: Mobile Networks

Chair: Ramon Aguero - University of Cantabria

Physical Cell ID Allocation in Multi-layer, Multi-vendor LTE Networks

Peter Szilagyi, Henning Sanneck - Nokia Siemens Networks Research

Tobias Bandh - Technische Universität München

On the performance of LTE UL Power Control in Realistic Conditions

Maria Lema, Mario Garcia, Silvia Ruiz, Juan Olmos - Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya

Central GW Control and IP Address Management for 3GPP Networks

Wolfgang Hahn - Nokia Siemens Networks

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30 Session 4: Sensor Networks

Chair: Andreas Timm-Giel - Hamburg University of Technology

Evaluation of Dense Cooperative Relay Deployments for Autonomic Emergency Communications

Michal Wodczak - Ericsson

QoS Impact of Hierarchical Routing in Multi-Channel Sensor Networks

Luis Torres - Universidad del Norte, Colombia

Ulrich Killat - Hamburg Harburg University of Technology

Switching of Routing Algorithms in Wireless Networks for Fire Fighting

Chunlei An, Yunqi Luo, Andreas Timm-Giel - Hamburg Harburg University of Technology

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 - 14:30 Keynote 2

Slipping the Surly Bonds of Earth – Challenges of Dynamic Cloud Computing

Joel J. Fleck – HP

14:30 - 16:00 Session 5: Future Networks

Chair: Susana Sargento - University of Aveiro

Statistical Analysis of Contact Patterns between Human-carried Mobile Devices

Tong Hu, Zhongwen Guo - Ocean University of China

Bernd-Ludwig Wenning, Umar Toseef, Carmelita Görg - University of Bremen

On the Addition of a Network Coding Layer within an Open Connectivity Services Framework

David Gómez, Arnaldo Herrero, Ramon Agüero, Marta Garcia-Aranz - Universidad de Cantabria

Sofiane Hassayoun, David Ros - Telecom Bretagne

A Re-Optimization Approach for Virtual Network Embedding

Marcio Melo, Jorge Carapinha - Portugal Telecom Inovação

Susana Sargento - Universidade de Aveiro

Ulrich Killat, Andreas Timm-Giel - Hamburg Harburg University of Technology

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:00 Whiteboarding Session

MonAmi New Ideas in Computing (MANIC)

Chair: John Strassner - Huawei Technologies

20:30 Conference Dinner


Wednesday, 26 September

9:00 - 10:30 Workshop I: Open Connectivity Services (1)

Chair: Ramon Aguero - University of Cantabria

Service for Management of Connectivity in Spontaneous Community-Based Wireless Mesh Networks

Lucio Studer Ferreira, Luis M. Correia - IST/IT Technical University of Lisbon

OConS Supported On Demand Radio Resource Allocation for Virtual Connectivity

Luisa Caeiro, Filipe Duarte Caeiro, Luis Manuel Correia - IST/IT Technical University of Lisbon

Threat Model Based Security Evaluation of Open Connectivity Services

Peter Schoo, Roland Marx - Fraunhofer SIT

Design and Implementation of the Open Connectivity Services Framework

Luis Diez, Ramón Agüero – University of Cantabria; Olivier Mehani - NICTA

Lucian Suciu - Orange Labs

10:30 - 11:15 Coffee Break and Demos Session

11:15 - 12:45 Workshop I: Open Connectivity Services (2)

ISAAR (Internet Service quality Assessment and Automatic Reaction) a QoE Monitoring and Enforcement Framework for Internet Services in Mobile Networks

Marcus Eckert, Thomas Martin Knoll - TU Chemnitz

User-Centric Network-Application Interaction for Live HD Video Streaming

Thomas Zinner, Dominik Klein, Tobias Hossfeld - University of Wuerzburg

Denser Networks for the Future Internet, the CROWD Approach

A. de la Oliva - University Carlos III of Madrid

A. Morelli, C. Cicconetti - INTECS Informatica e tecnologia del software

V. Mancuso - Institute IMDEA Networks

M. Draexler - University of Paderborn

T. Hentschel - Signalion GMBH

T. Melia - Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs

P. Seite - France Telecom

12:45 - 13:45 Lunch Break

13:45 - 14:45 Keynote 3

Models for Service Discovery and Resource Management in Smart Environments

Sajal Das - University of Texas Arlington

14:45 - 16:15 Workshop II : Smart Objects

Chair: Bernd-Ludwig Wenning - Cork Institute of Technology

Implementation of Context-Aware Network Architecture for Smart Objects Based on Functional Composition

Jose Luis Ferrer, Xavier Sanchez-Loro, Anna Calveras, Josep Paradells - Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Telecomunicació de Barcelona (ETSETB)

A Cognitive Management Framework for Smart Objects and Applications in the Internet of Things

Dimitris Kelaidonis, George Poulios, Vassilis Foteinos, Vera Stavroulaki, Panagiotis Vlacheas, Panagiotis Demestichas - Univeristy of Piraeus

Andrey Somov - CREATE-NET

Security Requirements for Managing Smart Objects in Home Automation

Stefanie Gerdes, Olaf Bergmann - Universität Bremen